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Floyd Ernest Van Vliet

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Floyd Ernest Van Vliet

Birth
Williamstown, Oswego County, New York, USA
Death
18 Jun 1960 (aged 83)
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
Burial
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec C Lot 459 Gr 13
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From the Roseville Press-Tribune, June 20, 1960

Floyd Ernest Van Vliet, a native of Syracuse, New York,
and a resident of Roseville since 1892, died Saturday in a Sacramento hospital. Van Vliet, a retired switchman, began work at the Southern Pacific Company in 1897, and worked out of Rocklin and Roseville for a number of years. He was transferred to Sacramento in 1913, and later reassigned to Roseville. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainsmen.

His father, the late Rev. George H. Van Vliet, was a Methodist Minister in Roseville for 15 years before his death.

Three children survive. His wife, the late Amy B. Van Vliet, died March 18, 1959. There are four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Lambert Funeral Home in Roseville at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. William Dyer of the Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Masonic Lawn, Sacramento.

Obituary found at the Roseville Public Library, courtesy of the wonderful volunteers of the Roseville Genealogical Society.
From the Roseville Press-Tribune, June 20, 1960

Floyd Ernest Van Vliet, a native of Syracuse, New York,
and a resident of Roseville since 1892, died Saturday in a Sacramento hospital. Van Vliet, a retired switchman, began work at the Southern Pacific Company in 1897, and worked out of Rocklin and Roseville for a number of years. He was transferred to Sacramento in 1913, and later reassigned to Roseville. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainsmen.

His father, the late Rev. George H. Van Vliet, was a Methodist Minister in Roseville for 15 years before his death.

Three children survive. His wife, the late Amy B. Van Vliet, died March 18, 1959. There are four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Lambert Funeral Home in Roseville at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. William Dyer of the Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Masonic Lawn, Sacramento.

Obituary found at the Roseville Public Library, courtesy of the wonderful volunteers of the Roseville Genealogical Society.


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